Will Jawando — My Seven Black Fathers Book Publicity Case Study

This book publicity case study outlines the work Coriolis Company performed for Will Jawando’s book, My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on May 3, 2022. My Seven Black Fathers is an inspiring memoir.

May 3, 2022, Will Jawando — My Seven Black Fathers – with Michael Eric Dyson, hosted by Politics and Prose, Washington, DC

May 4, 2022, Will Jawando presents My Seven Black Fathers with Jelani Cobb, Youtube Live event hosted by Community Bookstore

May 6, 2022, An Evening with Will Jawando and DeRay McKesson: My Seven Black Fathers, Facebook Live event hosted by Midtown Scholar Bookstore

May 9, 2022, A Conversation with Pastor Tony Lowden, hosted by the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library Theater and A Capella Books, Atlanta, GA

May 10, 2022, Will Jawando with Ibram X. Kendi, hosted by Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA

May 12, 2022, Will Jawando and Michael Strautmanis for My Seven Black Fathers, Crowdcast Live event hosted by Loyalty Bookstore

May 13, 2022, Will Jawando and Mayor Tishaura Jones, hosted by the St. Louis County Library and Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO

May 15, 2022, American Writers Festival with Ambassador Carolyn Curiel, with book sales by Seminary Co-op, Chicago, IL

May 21, 2022, Gaithersburg Book Festival with Sean F. Felix, with book sales by Politics and Prose, Gaithersburg, MD

May 5, 2022, “Montgomery County Council Member Writes About the Power of Mentors,” NBC Washington

May 6, 2022, “Montgomery County Councilmember Jawando publishes new book, My Seven Black Fathers,” Fox 5 Washington DC

June 21, 2022, “MIC’D UP | My Seven Black Fathers: Montgomery Co. Councilmember discusses his new book,” WUSA9

June 30, 2022, “BOOK CORNER: My Seven Black Fathers shows redemptive power of mentorship,” Los Angeles Wave

July 9, 2022, Recorded Interview with Janice Robinson-Celeste, BackTalk

July 10, 2022, Recorded Interview with Dion and Tiffany, Black People Parenting

July 20, 2022, Recorded Interview with Omkari Williams, Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get Free

July 22, 2022, Recorded Interview with Simon Javan Okelo, African Father in America

July 22, 2022, “#66 Meet the man with seven fathers” with Dr. Francesca Fajinmi, Reimagining Black Relations

August 1, 2022, “Will Jawando, My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole (FSG, 2022)” with Ari Barbalat, New Books Network

August 5, 2022, “Will Jawando” with Toby Gribben, Shout Radio

September 13, 2022, “Will Jawando on the Importance of Black Fathers” with Omkari Williams, Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get Free

September 24, 2022, “My Seven Black Fathers (feat Councilman Will Jawando)” with Evalaurene Jean-Charles, Black on Black Education

October 1, 2022, “My Seven Black Fathers – A Conversation About Black Fatherhood With Will Jawando | ITBP S6E29” with Big O, Elgin, and Phil, In The Black Podcast

December 13, 2022, “How Educators Can Show Up for Black Boys in School” with Daniel Bauer, The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast

April 21, 2022, “10 Books by Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read This May, ” The Root

May 1, 2022, “10 noteworthy books for May,” The Washington Post

May 1, 2022, “Books Coming Out in May,” Hasty Book List

May 3, 2022, “25 new books to pick up this week,” Literary Hub

June 10, 2022, “Father’s Day shopping got you stuck? We’ve got some ideas,” The Grio

June 15, 2022, “NDG Book Review: My Seven Black Fathers is a mentor’s motivator,” North Dallas Gazette

June 15, 2022, “BOOK REVIEW: My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole by Will Jawando,” Washington Informer

June 17, 2022, “A Father’s Day Roundup for Book Nerd Dads,” Oprah Daily

June 17, 2022, “Remembering the Potential and Compassion of a Friend Lost to Gun Violence,” Literary Hub

June 18, 2022, “Culpeper County Library new titles for week of June 19, 2022,” Culpeper Star Exponent

June 19, 2022, “Father’s Day, Juneteenth and true liberation: We need to expand our definition of fatherhood,” New York Daily News